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April 2004
Schmacher Pushes Button to Win
Welkom MotoGP 2004
Hola! - Valencia 2004
Bahrain Sets New Standards

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Premiere/Total World Sports
Premiere’s programme director Peter Schullerer described Sunday’s 6 hour program as “absolutely perfect”. The two D-Cams are provided by Total World Sports.
TF1/Alfacam
Alfacam are supplying TF1 with D-Cam wireless camera systems for rest of this seasons races.
Imola, Italy - April 2004
Welkom - MotoGP 2004
Dorna once again showed the way to cover Grand Prix motorcycle racing with their live coverage of this years South African GP at the Phakisa Freeway.
As host broadcaster for the South African Grand Prix, Dorna made good use of the latest digital technology in the Pit Lane. This year Dorna also introduced, for the first time, a new data link from selected bikes. Using a graphical interface, this data can be displayed on screen to enhance the on-board camera footage.

One particularly interesting shot was the riders foot on the gear change lever coupled with a graphic showing the actual gear that the rider had selected.
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Welkom, South Africa - April 2004
Hola! Valencia 2004
As part of the LG Super Racing Weekend series, Alfacam are once again covering the FIA GT Championship for Eurosport with Gigawave D-Cam digital wireless camera systems.
The D-Cams are used to provide live coverage of action in the Pit-lane during the main and support races. They are also used for interviews before, during, and after the race.

This year, Alfacam are also using Gigawave digital microwave links to transmit live on-board camera pictures direct to a terrestrial receive site. and then to Alfacam's digital OB truck.This eliminates the need for a helicopter or any other kind of mid-point relay, the test at Valencia clearly demonstrating the performance and reliability of the equipment.

Valencia, Spain - April 2004
Bahrain Sets New Standards
No expense has been spared when creating the £80m Bahrain International Circuit, which has been praised by Formula One chiefs, drivers and team bosses after the inaugural Grand Prix in Manama last weekend.
Manama, Bahrain - April 2004

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